Washing mechanism



Nov. 27 1923.

E. B. SPENCER WASHING MECHANISM Filed, Aug. 5

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Patented `ov, 7, 19235.

einer EARL 1B. SPNCER,`OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

WASHING MECHANISM.

Application led August 3, 1920. Serial No. 401,013.

To It whom' it may concern:

Re it known that l, EARL B. SPENCER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city ot Pasadena. county of Los Angeles, and State of California. have invented certain new ,and useful Improvements in Washing Mechanisms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to washing mechanisms, and more particularly toa washing mechanism including'two co-operating suction members, operable relative to each other, in connection with clothes to be washed, in a tub or other basin, and adapted to cause the water or washing fluid to be forced back and forth through said clothes.

ln order to explain my invention, ll have illustrated on the accompanying sheet ot drawings a device, embodying my invention, which is automatic, operated by a water motor, and in which the co-operating suction members are arranged one within the other, concentrically positioned, andboth operatively connected with the motor. I have shown a water motor of the type in which water simply passes through the motor, operating the parts thereof, and then passes out to be used, if desired, for other purposes, as in sprinkling. lfhave also shown a portable device which can be lifted intoand out of the tub or basin containing the clothes to be washed.

1 will now describe in detail the mecha nism used forillustrati-ve purposes.

Figure 1 shows my invention, as here embodied, in vertical sectional view;v

Figure 2 shows a bottom plan View of the suction members thereof;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional View through a part of the water motor;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary, sectional view, of a detail.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary, sectional view showing the valve moved; and

`Figure 6 isa cross sectional view on line 6 6 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, 1 designates a basin with the clothes, 2, and the washing ltluid,v 3, therein, as shown. Two suction members 4 and 5, are mounted one within the other concentrically, and are connected, respectively, to the body or cylinder, 6, and the plunger, 7, of a water motor, whereby said suction members are moved relative to each other in a 111111.11191 which Will be Well Undl" stood, as the motor is operated. The member 4 is provided in its top with a simple ball check valve` 8, as clearly indicatedin Fig. 4, which permits air to escape from under the member 4.

rlhe cylinder 6 of the motor, is provided with two tubular extensions, 6 andb, with which are connected. respectively, the supply and the outlet hose, 9 and'lO. The supply pipe 9 can be connected with any suitable water supply, under pressure, as with the usual water outlet of a city supply, while the outlet pipe 10, can be connected with any suitable place ot' discharge, or with a sprinkling means, as desired. ll do not claim the water motor as my invention, having simply shown'it as one simple and practical motor means for operating my co-operating suction members.

Referring to 'Figap 3, however, ll will describe the plunger mechanism of the motor in brief, in order to show how my suction members are operated by this type of motor. rThe piston body '11, has two tubular extensions, 12 and 13, which lit closely within and move in the tubular extensions 6 and 6D of the cylinder. A sliding valve member 14, in said piston, controls the direction of the water through the piston and determines whether the piston is moved up or down. Assuming that the water is enter` ing through ysupply pipe` 9, and down through the 'tubular extension 12, as shown in Fig. 3, it passes through the port, 15, into the lower part of the cylinder, and thus forces the piston 11 and its extensions 12 and 13, upwardly until the spring 16, over the valve member 14, engages the upper end of the cylinder 6, and thereby forces the Ivalve Amember 14 down across the port 15, as in Fig. 5, whereupon the water enters the cylinder above the piston and forces it downwardly until the pins, 17, 17, on said piston, enga e with the spring-supported washer, 18, 4ig. 1, and again ralses the ibo valve member 14, to direct the water into water below the piston is also forced out through the same outlet, as will be understood. Inasmuch asv this is a well known type of water motor, itneed not befurther, described in 4its details.

moved apart and then moved toward each other as the piston and cylinder are moved relative to each other by the water under pressure passing therethrough.

The open sides or bottoms of the suction members 4 and 5 set down upon the submerged clothes, in the manner indicated, and the water supply for the motor is turned on and the movements of thesuction members commence. As the outer member 4 starts up and the inner member 5 starts down to the position indicated in broken lines, the action is to cause the water under member 5 to be forced out and also drawn out from under said member 5, and through the clothes, to fill up the vacuum effect caused in the outer member 4, as it and the inner member move apart. When they are moved together, the displacement in the' larger or outer member, caused by the in-moving inner member, forces the water out from-under the outer member and draws it up under the inner member. Thus by the alternate movements of these suction members, the Water is forced back and forth through the clothes upon which the device sets. In actual use, the air is practically all forced out from under the outer member 4 and suds will be seen es`- caping through the y.valve 8 on the down stroke of said outer member 4. The device will continue to thus operate until the water supply tothe motor is turned ojf, or the device is lifted bodily from the tub or basin, and even then the. suction members will continue to be moved by the motor, if the water vsupply be 1ct turned off.

Thus I have provided asimple, practical, portable, automatic. washing vmechanism which can be set into a basin containing clothes and av'washing fluid, and started to operation and left to operate automatically so long. as the motor continues to operate, and-while I have shown only one embodiment of my invention for illustrative pur- CEid down,

poses, I am aware that other embodiments thereof can be made and that changes in details and arrangements can be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, `and I do not, therefore, limit invention' except as I may be limited by the hereto appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character referred to, two suction members of bell-like form mounted one within the other, each of said members being movable relative to the other, and power means having two elements movable relative to each other in operation and connected, respectively, to said suction members, whereby said members arepositively and mechanically operated simltaneously 'means connected to said suction members and operable to move them simultaneously and alternately in opposite directions up substantially as described.

3. In a device of the character referred to, two suction members having open lower sides and closed upper sides and mounted one within the other with a space between .said members, a cylinder connected with the outer suction member for moving the same, a piston within said cylinder and connected with the inner suction-member for movmg the same, and means for connecting an operating fluid to said cylinder, with valve means, for alternately directing said Huid to opposite sides of said-piston, whereby to cause the operation of said suction members in opposite directions, alternately up and down, substantially as described.

Signed at Pasadena, Los An eles County, California, this 29th day of uly, 1920.

EARL B. SPENCER. Witnesses:

JAB. ALEX LEONARD. J ULIA I. LEONARD. 

